College teams up with JumpStart to offer entrepreneurship program

Lake Erie College will be teaming up with JumpStart Nov. 1 from 3:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. to provide an interactive program focusing on entrepreneurship in Northeast Ohio and the region’s current economic status. The program will take place in the Coe Conference Room located in the Arthur S. Holden Center on the College campus.

 

Attendees will be given the opportunity to meet with prominent leaders in the entrepreneurial community and hear how Lake Erie College and JumpStart can provide entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses with the tools necessary to help them succeed.

 

Registration for the event begins at 3:00 p.m. Ray Leach will kick off the program with an overview of JumpStart Inc. Ed Brown, co-founder of the Brown Aveda Institute, will follow with the keynote address. Thereafter, John Meehl, director for the Center for Entrepreneurship at Lake Erie College, will briefly highlight the initiatives of the Center. The event will conclude with refreshments and a networking session.

 

The program is free and open to the public. Register by visiting https://jumpstartinc.org/JSExchange/EventRegistration.aspx?EventID=344 by Oct. 30. The first ten individuals to register for this event will receive a copy of “The Entrepreneurial Imperative” by Carl Schramm, president of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

 

For more information, contact Kate Hanna with JumpStart at 216.363.3435 or Kate.Hanna@jumpstartinc.org.